At least the usable furniture and appliances!!

Also he's giving me some great furniture for pennies on the dollar.

I'm not on FB personally, but the marketplace sounds like a good idea and love the idea of checking out their page to see what they might be like.The unit currently does have a tenant - though he is very clean and the place is well kept with nice furniture, etc - those are interesting thoughts about the vacant unit working better that I will keep in mind.  

Furniture is very expensive (duh) but there are so many little expenses/repairs that add up so quickly, so will budget more cash reserves and build a relationship with a trusty/affordable handyman.Recommendations:1. 

Door is locked all furniture is out just misc. garbage on floor.... how do I move about moving on from the tenant and go in and remove the garbage and move on to marketing the property again?

If there are clear signs that the tenent has left such as turned-off utilities, furniture has been removed, etc., then have the locksmith rekey the locks.5.

When it was listed as REO, the new hardwood floors had been torn out, as well as the new kitchen cabinets and counters.The other was a house two doors away from one of my rentals, so I asked my tenant post-sheriff sale to let me know when furniture is getting moved out and lots of trash starts to get moved to curb - indications that the occupants are leaving.

I'd ideally like to get the job done before I move in so I'm not lugging my furniture out again and staying in a hotel for 3 nights.

Sold all the furniture for a 50% return. 

One couple loved house but master bedroom wouldn't fit their furniture.